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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of whom does Kathy remind Behrani?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His daughter Soraya.
(d) His cousin Jasmeen.

2. Does Kathy feel like a criminal or an innocent victim as she thinks about what has happened while waiting in the hospital?
(a) She feels that she is both of those things.
(b) She feels that she is a victim, not a criminal.
(c) She feels that she is a criminal, not a victim.
(d) She feels that both ideas about her are wrong.

3. What does Kathy do to try to help Nadereh while she sleeps?
(a) She brings her a glass of ice water.
(b) She turns off the music.
(c) She puts a cool cloth on her forehead.
(d) She brings her a blanket.

4. What does Behrani instruct Esmail to do when they go into the boy's room?
(a) Crawl out the window.
(b) Run for the door.
(c) Close the blinds.
(d) Jump on Lester.

5. Why does Lester think the Behranis have hurt Kathy as he watches through the window?
(a) She is unconscious on the floor.
(b) She is in an ambulance.
(c) She is screaming for help.
(d) She is barely conscious on the bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much bail will Lester have to pay to get out of jail?

2. Who does Lester call with the two phone calls he is permitted to make?

3. What does Kathy worry about as she thinks of her own death?

4. What does Esmail say to defend his father when Lester is trying to decide if the Behranis have hurt Kathy?

5. How does Behrani feel when he has put Kathy to bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Connie Walsh's planned defense for Kathy?

2. Lester becomes suspicious of Esmail. What causes this reaction?

3. What is nazr?

4. Why does Kathy go sit in the car to wait for Lester to return? Why doesn't she stay inside the house?

5. Kathy says that she only has one hope now while she's waiting for Lester to return. What does she hope?

6. How do Behrani's feelings change when he finds Kathy in the car in his driveway?

7. Why does Kathy feel a sense of unreality while she is in the hospital?

8. Why does Lester feel like a fraud?

9. Who does Lester want to call from jail and what does he plan to say?

10. Why doesn't Behrani attempt to negotiate with Lester when he breaks in and holds them at gunpoint?

(see the answer keys)

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